Security

From phishing to deep fakes: weaponising social media

18 July, 2023 by Sean Duca, VP and Regional Chief Security Officer, Japan & Asia Pacific | Supplied by: Palo Alto Networks

Social media increases an organisation's attack surface by displaying information that threat actors can use to execute social engineering techniques.


Australian business leaders more security conscious

18 July, 2023 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

The recent spate of high-profile data leaks affecting Australian organisations has forced business leaders to play a more proactive role in cybersecurity.


Data collection: why Australian firms are dialling back

17 July, 2023 by Ashley Diffey, Vice President Sales APAC and Japan at Ping Identity | Supplied by: Ping Identity

Attitudes towards data collection and privacy have shifted, with organisations changing the way they collect PII data and establish customer identity.


Attack surface of Australian organisations calculated

17 July, 2023

New research from Tenable has uncovered significant cyber hygiene issues with some of Australia's largest organisations.


QuickBlox vulnerabilities uncovered

17 July, 2023 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Check Point Research and Claroty research arm Team82 have discovered and disclosed major vulnerabilities in the widely used QuickBlox collaboration platform.


The dark side of AI

13 July, 2023

Cybersecurity specialists CMTG say the rapid adoption of AI is improving many aspects of everyday life, but the speed of innovation is presenting new risks.


Security stack complexity a resource drain

12 July, 2023 by Fabio Fratucello, Field CTO, International, CrowdStrike | Supplied by: CrowdStrike

Organisations relying on an overly complex and disjointed array of security technologies can be exposed to greater cyber risk.


FirstWave touts the benefits of cloud-based security

12 July, 2023 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

A wave of recent attacks on customer premises equipment has highlighted the advantages of cloud-based security systems, according to FirstWave.


The role of AI in data protection

07 July, 2023 by Mike Zachman, Chief Security Officer, Zebra Technologies | Supplied by: Zebra Technologies

Using AI to automate processes strengthens a data-driven security approach and bolsters protection, while maintaining data privacy.


Concern over stadium FRT use

05 July, 2023

The use of FRT in stadiums is raising concerns around data ownership, use, storage and security, creating calls for legislative reform.


Charity crowdfunding scam highlights a new low

05 July, 2023

Proving that cybercriminals know no limits, a new social media scam exploits victims who believe they are contributing to a crowdfunding account for sick kids.


OAIC calls for early Privacy Awareness Week sign-up

03 July, 2023

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is calling for organisations to sign up early for Privacy Awareness Week 2024.


Why aligning cybersecurity to business objectives works

28 June, 2023

Cyber transformers demonstrate that they are better equipped to drive successful business outcomes by aligning cybersecurity programs.


Australia experiencing "industrialisation of fraud"

28 June, 2023 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Global research from GBG found that one in 10 Australian smartphone users have been victims of identity theft in the past 12 months alone.


Canva opts for SentinelOne

23 June, 2023

SentinelOne's Singularity XDR solution is facilitating Canva's redesigned approach to security in a pure cloud environment.


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